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MESSAGE   UF  THE  PRESIDENT. 


Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  22,  1865. 

To  the  House  of  Reprtscntaiives  : 

111  response  to  your  Re^jolution  of  the  2.'.thuU.,  1  liorowith  trans- 
roit,  for  your  information,  a  communication  from  the  >ecretary  of 
AVar.  relative  to  the  number  of  able-bodied  men  between   the  ages 
of  eio-btecn  and  forty-dve,  '•  claimed  to  be  exempt  from  conscription 
by  ilic  Governor,  laws  and  resolutions  of  the  Statt  of  Georgia." 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


co.\[:\irNicATioN  OF  se:retauy  of  war. 

Confederate  States  of  Awkufca,    ) 

War  Department,  > 

Richmond,  Va  Feb,  22,  18G5.  ) 

To  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  : 

Sis  : — I  have  received  the  following  Resolution  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  adopted  on  the  25th  ult.,  and  referred  by  your 
Excellency  to  this  Department  for  attention  : 

*'  Resolved,  That  the  President  be  respectfully  requested  to  fur- 
nish this  House  with  the  number  of  able-bodied  males  between  the 
ages  of  eighteea  and  forty-five  years,  claimed  to  be  exempt  from 
conscription  Iiy  the  Governor,  laws  and  resolutions  of  the  State  of 
Georgia.*' 

In  response,  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  a  report  from 
t'le  Sujiorintendent  of  Conscription  containing  the  inforaiation  call- 
ed for  by  the  House. 

Very  respectfully,  your  oliedient  servant, 

JOHN  r.  BRECKINRIDGE, 

Secretai-y  of  War. 


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Bureau  of  Conscription,  > 

Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  16,  1865.    ) 

Hon.  J^o.  (J.  Breckinridge,  Secretary  of  War  : 

Sir: — The  following  resolution  of  the  Ho:  -e;iiatives 

of  the  25th  ult.,  has  been  referred  to  this  Buiv....  . 

"  Resolved,  That  the  President  ba  rcspeotfally  requested  to  fur- 
nish tli  -  "       '•  with  the  number  of  abli  '       '  ;      tn  ihe 
ages*                  u  and  forty-live  years,  cl  from 
(Hi;               .^  the  Governor,  laws  and  josjluiiutto  ol'  ;,ho  ^tale^oT 
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In  pursuance  of  iastiuctious  thereon  •  'fie  honor 

to  submit  the  enclosed  paper,  marked  "  A. 

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scripts  for  Georgia,  the  only  source  whence  thi?  Bureau  can  obtain 

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JS'uinb&i  ijj  ^catc  u/A-c;.>  ixanuUd  m    tlic  c.Lutc  oj  Georgia,* 

Governor  and  ^tate  Howso  officers,  20 

Judges  of  riuprcrae  Court,  3 

Clerks  of  Supreme  Court,  2 

Judges  of  inferior  FiiDi-omo  Court.  16 

Senators  44 

Representatives.  16i) 

Justices  of  tlie  Peace  1,350 

Justices  (»f  Inferior  Court,  660 

Solicitors,  1 6 

Clerks  of  Superior  Court,  132 

Deputy  Clerks     "         "  132 

"             •          Inferior  Courts,  '264 

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Deputv  Ordinaries,  l32 

Sheriffs.  1^2 

Deputy  Sheriffs,                               ,  132 

Coijstables,  j^^, 

Tax  Collectors,  1  35^, 

lax  Receivers,  139 

•Jailors,  j32 

County  Troar-urers,  132 

Corouer.":.  132 

County  Surveyors,  j32 
Militia  Oliicers. 


132 

J  32 

2,751 


Total,         8,229 
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